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C’est dans la beauté absolue des formes, c’est dans l’harmonie et dans le contraste qui naissent de leur assemblage, que consiste ce que l’on nomme le caractère de la nature dans telle ou telle région. A. von Humboldt, 1807.

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Cain, S.A. Life-forms and phytoclimate. Bot. Rev 16, 1–32 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02879783

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